An SB Nation blog for Oakland Athletics fans
A week in New York? Not bad a deal for the green and the gold. After kicking it around The Bronx for three games, a quick trip on the Metro brings them to Citi Field for another trio. This time against the Metropolitans who enter the series at 7-6. Clay Holmes is the starting foe […]
The A’s announced on Friday afternoon the placement of Designated Hitter Brent Rooker on the 10-day IL with what the team is calling an oblique strain: It’s a tough blow for the Athletics’ offense. Though he’s scuffled in the early going it seemed that Rook was starting to get his bat on track in recent […]
Morning A’s fans and welcome to another Friday! The club has wrapped up the first New York series this week with a series win over the Yankees. The last couple of games were especially close but they managed to pull through and get their record to 5-7. Now they depart from the Bronx to head […]
Fresh off a come from behind, ninth inning victory over the New York Yankees last night, the two teams were back at it this morning for the rubber match of the 3-game series at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. Jeffrey Springs got the start for the Athletics today against Ryan Weathers for the Yankees. Both […]
Fresh off a come from behind, ninth inning victory over the New York Yankees last night, the two teams are back at it this morning in the Bronx. Yankee Stadium will host the rubber match of this three-game series with the 4-7 A’s going up against the 8-3 Yankees. Jeffrey Springs will get the start […]
The A’s announced a roster move on Thursday morning. The club has recalled right-hander Jack Perkins while optioning righty reliever Michael Kelly to Triple-A: It looks like the club has settled on Perkins taking the rotation spot that was vacated by Luis Morales earlier this week. Perkins, who came into camp vying for a spot […]
Last Saturday, I was lucky enough to have tickets for the A’s game at Sutter Health Park. It was the second home game of the 2026 season, and the first game dubbed as “Sacramento Saturday”. We faced off against division rival Houston Astros, a team still despised by many for their 2017 sign stealing scandal. […]
The A’s and Yankees had a duel on Wednesday evening in the Bronx. One day after dropping a close game in the late innings, it was the Athletics’ turn as they beat the Yankees thanks to a top of the ninth RBI to win 3-2. Close but we’ll take it. Right-hander Luis Severino was on […]
Ready for Round 2? The A’s and Yankees are set to go at it again tonight in New York. The Green & Gold dropped the first game yesterday evening in heartbreaking fashion with another late-game meltdown so the club will try to run through the finish line in their second try against the team with […]
Without question the bullpen is the true dark underbelly of the A’s 2026 roster. The offense sputtered out of the gate but is widely regarded by pundits as having a “top 5 in MLB” ceiling with scoring runs being among the team’s lesser concerns overall. The rotation is certainly questionable but outside of a shaky […]
Entering the season, the concern among Athletics’ fans and baseball experts was that the team had not done enough to improve their bullpen sans closer Mason Miller. Through ten games, that concern is fully warranted. It is likely that good players with a history of success did not want to sign with the A’s to […]
After a short three-game home stand, the Athletics flew back across the country to begin a three-game series against the New York Yankees. While it is still very early in the season, how the A’s play over the next few days against the perennial postseason contender Yankees could predict how they will fare the rest […]
This past weekend, the Athletics won their first series of the season, taking two of three at home. The A’s and Houston Astros traded blowout wins in the first two games of the weekend series before the hosts clinched the series with a win on Easter Sunday. Designated hitter Brent Rooker’s three-run, walk-off home run […]
It’ll exist in my mind as simply iconic. Though after an intense scouring of the internet, I’ve come to realize that Chris Caray’s walk-off home run call from Sunday has garnered mixed reviews. Personally, I loved the in-the-moment nature of him screaming along with the ball as it slammed off of Brent Rooker’s bat and […]
Well good morning A’s fans. Unfortunately, we got word last night that starter Luis Morales was headed to Triple-A: It’s not yet officially confirmed but it’s happening. Frankly it’s unsurprising considering his struggles this spring plus his first two starts of the year. The 23-year-old has allowed five runs in each of his first two […]
Hindsight in 20/20 and hindsight analysis is 20 times as annoying as my Uncle Perv trying to play the bagpipes. What is the art of sitting back as a fan and judging the difficult decisions a manager, a base coach, or a player have to make long before the metrics tell you what his odds […]
Morning A’s fans and welcome to the start of another week! The Athletics’ first home stand of the season results in a series win over the Houston Astros. After starting the first game with a blowout win they followed than up by getting blown out themselves. It looked like the A’s were about to drop […]
If you were curious to what the “2026 A’s experience” was going to be like, you should’ve attended these past three games in West Sac like I did. Over the course of a 72-hour period, they blew out a division rival, got blown out by a division rival, went eleven innings deep against a division […]
Our A’s and the Astros traded blowout wins in the first two games of the series. Today’s rubber match will determine who takes the series. The Athletics have an excellent chance to win their first of the year and get on the right foot before heading to New York. Left-hander Jacob Lopez is set to […]
He lays huge eggs and bounds around the garden hiding them while trumpeting loudly and splashing in the water from the nearby sprinkler. Yes he’s the famous and beloved Easter Elephant and the A’s are but 2-6 as the calendar hits his special day. Let’s go inside a couple numbers to see why or how […]
The Athletics’ second home game of 2026 was exactly the opposite of its first game. After the A’s blew out the Houston Astros 11-4 in yesterday’s series-opener, the Astros responded with a blowout win of their own, taking advantage of porous A’s pitching and defense to win 11-0. Playing in front of a crowd full […]
Following six games of offensive ineptitude, the Athletics’ offense erupted last night in the team’s home opener in front of a sold-out crowd at West Sacramento’s Sutter Health Park. The team defeated the Houston Astros 11-4, all of the A’s runs coming with two outs. Third baseman Max Muncy finished a triple shy of the […]
We got our second win of the season folks! The A’s throttled the Astros on Friday evening, opening their home stand with a win against a squad that is expected to compete for the division crown. Springs dominates Lefty Jeffrey Springs got the call for the first home game of the season. After having some […]
Home game! First of the year everyone. The A’s are back in West Sacramento for their first series of the year in front of the home crowd. The starting pitcher for the home team is going to be Jeffrey Springs. Set to make his second start of the season he’ll be looking for more of […]
Happy Friday A’s fans! The Athletics wrapped up their season-opening road trip this week with a series loss to the Atlanta Braves. Combined with the sweep to open the year up in Toronto against the Blue Jays and the A’s are already behind the eight ball with a 1-5 record to begin the year, sitting […]